Games! Games! Games!

 You have studied until your brain is fried and you need to relax.  What can you do to rejuvenate both mind and spirit? Game of Thrones is long over, and due to the current pandemic, parties are still a way off. The NHTI Learning Commons and Library has you covered! Among our textbooks, graphic novels and bones, we have a great collection of games that can be taken home to enjoy with the family. Many are strategy games that will take your brain down different pathways as you plot and strategize to put yourself or your team in the winner’s circle. Take a look through our catalog to see if any of them pique your interest. I have listed a few below for your consideration.

Exploding Kittens
Ok, this one would be in the list due to its eyebrow raising name alone, but it is a lot of fun as well. This card game is for kids, teens and adults. The player’s greatest desire is to not get the Exploding Kitten card and get blown out of the game. Along with that deadly card there are other action cards including Defuse cards, Pig-a-Corns, All-Seeing Goat Wizards and the fearsome Catterwocky – all of which can help you fend off the dreaded explosion.  Your strategy in the use of these and other action cards will determine your fate – Winner or Boom!

 

Pass the Pigs
Another great name!  Win or lose, it’s all in how you roll the pigs! Each turn a player will throw pig shaped dice and win or lose points based on how the pig dice land. If the pig lands on its side, no points. If it lands on the snout, great job, 10 points. You have to be careful though as a bad roll of the pigs can wipe out your score in an instant.

Ticket to Ride Europe
Draw your cards and build your train route through turn-of-the-century Europe. Longer routes will gain you more points, but your competition is out there making their route plans as well. This Europe edition of the game adds new twists to the original Ticket to Ride game by adding stations, bridges and ferries to your strategy choices.  

Anomia
This is a fast-moving card game where players rush to give an example of the category on their opponent’s card. Players will flip cards until a symbol matches with another player and then both will try to be first in giving an example of the category listed on their opponent’s card. This fun game is for children and adults and requires a quick eye, a sharp mind, and a speedy response time. The player who has won the most of these card battles, wins the game.

Apples to Apples
It’s all about the nouns and adjectives in this classic game. Players will try to match one of noun cards in their hand to the adjective card turned over by the judge. The judge then decides which player card is the closest match to the noun. Much of the fun comes in making that decision because the adjectives can be far afield and the judge may have to stretch their imaginations to make a match. Listening to players defend their cards adds to the fun. The judge changes each round and the first player to make 4 matches is the winner. This is a quick, easy game to play and is sure to bring some smiles.